Police clash with Panathinaikos hooligans ahead of the Superleague match against Olympiakos at Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium.

ATHENS, Greece -- Greece's top league has been suspended for a third time this season because of continued violence at matches.

Stavros Kontonis, the deputy minister for sport in Greece's new left-wing government, said Wednesday that the decision would be reviewed next week, but that games would again be called off if clubs failed to respond to government demands for improved security.

The action followed weekend violence at a league match between rivals Olympiakos and Panathinaikos, and a brawl...

Greek football is in a significant sporting and cultural slump after the recent highs of Olympiakos.

Almost 12 months ago, Olympiakos defeated Manchester United 2-0 in the Champions League round of 16 first leg, setting up the possibility of them making the quarterfinals for only the second time in their history, while also on course to win a fourth consecutive Super League title. Fast forward three weeks and they lost 3-0 to David Moyes' side, exiting the competition.

Despite going on to win the league in 2013-14, this season has been complicated. More than that, 2014-15 has been a difficult...

Uruguay's Sergio Markarian has been named Greece's new national team coach.

ATHENS, Greece -- Sergio Markarian of Uruguay has been named Greece's new national team coach, after the country made a disastrous start to its European Championship qualification campaign.

The Greek Football Association said the 70-year-old Markarian was approved for the position on Thursday, formally replacing Italian coach Claudio Ranieri who was suspended after Greece lost 1-0 at home to...

MONGOMO, Equatorial Guinea -- Three thoughts on Ghana's 1-0 win vs. Algeria in Group C of the African Cup of Nations.

1. Gyan returns to save Grant

Asamoah Gyan, who missed Ghana's opening game vs. Senegal having contracted malaria, was the Black Stars' hero with an injury-time winner that secured Avram Grant's team their first points of the tournament, and very much saved the Israeli some blushes.

Ghana had seemed content with a 0-0 draw from the start, before Gyan's late, late strike -- a...